Last week’s ratings in parentheses
1. New England (1): Suddenly, this team is beatable.
2. Dallas (2): Cowboys are begging for another shot at the Patriots.
3. Indianapolis (4): Colts still have a lot of injuries to work through.
4. Green Bay (3): Packers will have to learn to win at Dallas if they want to go to Phoenix.
5. Pittsburgh (6): Steelers just might knock off Patriots.
6. Tampa Bay (7): Buccaneers are scrappy.
7. Seattle (8): Seahawks may be running away to another division crown.
8. Jacksonville (5): Jaguars suffered through many questionable calls against Colts.
9. New York Giants (10): Can Giants keep up the happy momentum?
10. Tennessee (11): Titans are much better team with Albert Haynesworth.
11. San Diego (13): Chargers are lucky to be in the AFC West.
12. Cleveland (9): Browns must bounce back from a tough loss to Arizona.
13. Minnesota (15): Here come the Vikings.
14. Arizona (20): Cardinals may be ready for a big month.
15. Buffalo (21): Bills deserve every win they can get.
16. Detroit (12): What happened to this team since the Broncos left town?
17. Philadelphia (14): Eagles couldn’t keep up the good momentum they had by almost beating New England
18. Houston (16): Gary Kubiak is getting some heat in Houston.
19. Chicago. (17): Bears have to figure out their defensive woes.
20. Carolina (24): Beating 49ers may be the season highlight.
21. Denver (18): If Broncos have a chance, they have to start winning now.
22. Washington (22): Everybody should be rooting for this team.
23. New Orleans (19): It’s just not going to happen.
24. Oakland (28): Raiders are on fire, ladies and gentleman.
25. Cincinnati (23): Never thought Raiders would be ranked higher than Bengals.
26. Baltimore (25): Now, that was a shame.
27. Kansas City (26): Can team that lost five straight beat Broncos? Maybe.
28. St. Louis (30): Rams are actually decent right now.
29. New York Jets (31): Dolphins make any team look good.
30. San Francisco (27): Every team makes 49ers look bad.
31. Atlanta (29): Good thing for Dolphins.
32. Miami (32): Some people are whispering Dolphins are starting to quit.
ON THE MOVE
Arizona
The Cardinals probably aren’t as good as their six-spot jump, but in the middle of the pack these things happen. They are 6-6 and likely out of the NFC West division race. But Arizona is in the thick of the NFC wild-card race. This is a good young team and it could make a run.
